When Penn State student Mary Krupa arrived on campus, she was struck by how friendly the resident squirrels were. Some would even let her touch them. “I figured, hm, well if the squirrel lets me touch it, maybe I can put a little hat on it,” she says in a YouTube interview. That’s a logical train of thought, Mary. You can’t argue with that reasoning.

The result is Sneezy the Penn State Squirrel, actually a number of different squirrels that Krupa’s befriended; any one can stand in as Sneezy. She dresses them up with adorable costumes and props — including paper hats, miniature saxophones, and tiny, tiny teacups — and then photographs them. God bless this woman and her willingness to risk rabies for the betterment of us all.

Before the internet, Mary might’ve been made fun of as “that weird girl over there petting the squirrels.” But now? She’s “The Squirrel Whisperer.”

Now, please enjoy some of the fruits of Mary’s precious, precious labor: